People took to social media late Sunday night to point out a racial slur included in a product description on Walmart's website.

The slur was found in a color description for a net cap meant for weaving.

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Walmart apologized for the third-party seller's description of the product in a statement released on Monday.

“We are very sorry and appalled that this third party seller listed their item with this description on our online marketplace. It is a clear violation of our policy, and has been removed, and we are investigating the seller to determine how this could have happened.”

Kwani Lunis, a sports journalist, tweeted a picture of how the description appeared on the website, asking: "Hey Walmart what are you doing?"

The image was retweeted hundreds of times within minutes. Many other users bombarded Twitter with screenshots of the page.

After about 30 minutes, the URL and the product name were changed, but the slur remained in the "highlights" portion of the page.

Comedian Travon Free pointed out that Amazon had the same product on their website, without the slur.